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VOL. XVII. .1 GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 3t. 1901.; No. 49 I. i ' ; S--Y i R. E SMITH, PHYSICIAN and SURGEON Office, Boom 1 over Post Olttc. Residenoe ' - . - ; Booth House, 7lh and A. QUANTS PASS. OREOOS. D R. CLIVE MAJOR, General Practitioner of Meuicini and Suhoebv. -Office in Williams Block -. C. HOUGH, .... ; ATTOBNKY-AT LAW, Practices in all State aud' Federal CourU t" Otrio,el5Ver First National Bauk. ' Giants Taiw, - Oaioou. J C. PIPKINS,. DR i.V- DKpUTY MINERAL SURVEYOR UNTb PAH8, Okkgos. Willis Kramer M ANl'KACTL'KRR or Myrtle Creek; ' 'fi "Etra Family Floui . r And Everything that govt with First Clans Milling. iEoi ale by.Cmi.KS, DKLKMATER, Wadk aud Coknki.1.. Call (or it; same price as oilier brand! QEORGE II. BINNS,. ' ASSAYER, Office opposite Hotel Josephine Grants Pahs, . - . .. OriquN: N. E. McGREW, PIONEER J. : TRUCK and DELIVERY Furniturn and Piano Moving. GRANTS PASS, OREGON. The popular barber shop . Get your tonsorial work done at IRA TOMPKINS' On Sixth Slreet Three chairs Batb room in connection II. Hi BARTON, WATCHMAKER and -1EWELER. Full assortment of Watches, Clocks, Sil vern ear and jewelry. A Good Assortment of ltracelets and ' Heart Bangles, Clemens' Drug Store. J;M.GHILES GROCERIES HARDWARE TAIJLEWARE Fine Butter a Specialty FRONT and FOURTH STS. SWEETLANH & CO. FRESH and SALT MEATS.! g '-'PuoNa 21 ' '' !' MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS. i " J. B. rADfOCK, Paoi'B. i I atu prensred tofurtiieb nnjfliing ih ! lot MARBLE or GRANITE. ' ' ' ' ; Nearly thirty years of experience in i - that I can. fill your orders in the very best . Can furnish work in Scotch, Swede . J. B. PADDOCK, Front Hirect ieit to GfeeirK'a Cvnkliop. . Prices $5 Latest NEW PROCESS Rocorda SEND FOR CATALOGUE 36 COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH COMPANY 125 Geary Street, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. FIRST NATIONAL : f -,p u( v - SOUTHERN OREGON. Capital Stock,' - - $50,000, Receive deposits subject to check or od certificate parable on demand. Sella siirht drafts on lew York, San Fran Cisco, and Por'Jand. Telegraphic transf sold on all point In the United States,- ,' Hpoasl Attention given to Ctiileetions ani general business of our customers. - Collections mode throughout Southern Oregon, and on all accessible points. . i - . R. A. BOOTH, -PrMent. !J. C. CAUPBF.LL, Vice President. ' H.L.GILklET, '.Cashier! " .Grants Pass , Banking and Trast Co. CAPITAL STOCK $50,000. Transacts a g m ral Banking business Receives! deposits eiihjfjct to check or on demand cer'i (hates. Our customers aro assured of courteous treatment nti 1 eveiy considi ration con sistent with .i.iuul banking principles. .. t ";;. ... .!. Frank Watson, Pres. Ei Lis Pou-ccx, Vice-Pres. , L..L. Jkwku., Cashier. , THE Pacific Pine Needle Co., ' (Incorporated.) Founder of tiiis industry in America wishes to announce that ils factory is now ready to resume active operations and will continue running. All Contracts for Needles may be filled From Oct. MMIi, 1DOI, D. A. CUKIU. Men Wanted I! Wood Choppers, J Wood Loaders, Wood Pi'crs, at Wolf Creek, Oregon. Good tim ber, and good wages can be made. DUNBAR k KUYKCNDALL, . Woli Creek, Ore. - Thought for . Your Horse- You should think of yonr horse when you are buying Jinrse goods as well as yourself. Not only will the horse be more i oinfort&hlo in the harness and horse enacts we provide, but you will he more Certain to be Satisfied. ' - . since you will have a pride in your out fit. Our horeo goods are our pride. We want to make them vour pride al so. These articles are well made, are sure to pe a pleasure wherever used, and we believe you will find them all , they shouM be. The price is right, too.' JOHN HACKETT, tit li tlrei t. AT 31. Clemens, . . PRESCRIPTION DRUOOIST Orange Fronh oppo. Opera House. .! .. i . ' the line, ol Cemetery work in any kind . . - ' '' Vie Marble business warrants my saying manner. or. American Granite or any kindcf to 150 entertains everybody everywhere' School Supplies THE SILVER CREEK REGION. t Territory of V&stness sxnd Great Promise Barely Touched by the Prospector. The Silver cteek region occupies the extreme western " edge ofJosephiue county and reaches oyer into Curry. Of all our mineral districts, it is likely that Silver creek is one of the least known and its merits and extent least appreciated by the general public. The inaccessibility oi the district Is responsi ble for this condition of ignorance re garding it. It lies in tho heart of the roughness of the coast range, hemmed in on all sides by rugged and "lolly mountains and far removed from roads, eo that all supplies and equipments liavo to be transported many miles over rough trails by pack train. There are several routes by which the district is reached from' Grants Pass. One Is by way of (ialice, from which point the head of "South Silver" or "Big Silver1 may be reached by a "pack" of about 1 milts. Another route, by way of the 'Big Bend" of Kogue river and. Upper Briggs creek, by a trail "5 or 30 miles in length from the river, leads to the Silver creek basin on South Bilvei creek, and its neighboring district. Still another routp, by way of Selma Swide Basin and lower Bring creek and Red Dog, feaches Silver creek near the Phillips mine aud tups "lower Silver or Old region below the falls. The several branches of Silver cteek h ad up against Galice and Howard creeks of tint. Rogue, river side and flow south and west, uniting dually in one large stieani which joins the Illinois far down toward the junction of Unit stream with Kogue river. Silver creek, below the confluence of its principal brunches atiains almost the dignity of a river and flows through the moat magnificent canyons in a region of crags-and chasms, rugged cliffs aud towering mnuntaiott. "South Silver," one of the creek 8 main branches, is the portion ol Silver creek which has made it known as a mining region and nearly all of the Silyer creek mines of the present are situated on Suuth Silver. About 30 years ago the discovery of golJ on this creek occasicned one ol those mining stampedes typical of the time aud fur a time Silver creek was a tremendously lively camp, full of men and with nuggets and dust in prolusion. Placer mining on Silver was and still is of a seneatioual character as the gold occurs lirgely'in big nuggets up to the value of 100 or even greater. It is nearly all channel gold, smooth and very solid. pure and heavy, always commanding the highest price. At the falls of this creek a big rot k -llile has tilled up the creek to a great ih pih, -an obstruction that has caused the formation of the "Silver creek basin," about two-fiitles long, in which the bediock has never yel been reached The creek bed was worked out as far s the basin and was very rich, When it beCiine impossible to drain the bedrouk the creek was abandoned Tho cabins which once lived the banks of tills stream have nearly all been burned by hunters for the purpose of seeming nails At the mouth of "Itanrhide," one of the tributaries ol South Silver, there is an old, charred pile of logs which is pointer! out as t he location ol the "grocery," the commercial center, half store, half aloon, of Silver crok in hir glory The. character of the whiskey sold is said to have given the little creek its name. Silver creek history is similar to thst of other southern Oregon creeks had its rush, ils period ol inactivity, and its awakening to new life, with pipe and giant, in tho new order ol tlnne. Several mines with, small hydraulic plants are operated r.eir the head of the en ek and at the fulls a big engineering projwt is now being carried out, to tunnel under the falla and tap the big b min of Silver creek. "Big Silver" a branch heading west and north of South Silver, has never, been mined although it H known to carry gold. One $30 nugget was found in a crevice near the mouth ol the creek. At the present time, two miners are opening a placer on "Big Silver" near the '.'forks" for "Big Silver divides itself also irtfo two sections, "South Fork" ami ' S iurgrass", both creeks of magnitude. This region was a yery psradiw of game, botore the vilUuious'U skinner made, his camp there. ; Tx .-- Between tlie more important branches, "Soutji Hiivef" and "Big Silver", comes "Liltle Silver," a smaller creek, five or six liule long, from and through a rtgiou grand in its. ruggeduesf. ..The ,'iead of UtUe Sjlyer Jit the localiou,ol a oiimbeV .of. "bear ' wallows" and is a knowo point for those aho make the pursuit ol Bmiu a specialty.' , , 'Jhe amnner in wlnci. Silver creek: UlctHti name is of, peculiar juiciest Tub early prac.V miners fouiij" at limes.! in their r.Hll-s" with the gold.'pioces of britfht," while metal which, they sup posed to be silver, hence the creek's naaie. ' This metal lias been found lo be instead of tiiver, nothing else than native tin. The source of tlie metal has oe.r been tound and as far a known uottrriba been made to find it. The visitur'to this region is constantly aslou hhed at the di.eisiiy of mineral which the region bears. Uoid iVplenliful in the creek and tue country is full of uupros .pe-led b-tlget. Native tut . found in the placers, tvidencea of n irk el aud c- bait are tojnd, ro;,;s r in In alious are au.o.t mnveisa1. Iron is very w here. P a bin n is fr-und i"i the rerpriVine. M igie!?iu"n, asbestos and hoe's of other mineral aie present. Kvery thing seems to be on a grand y targe scale that lends color to the statement that the .-il,er creek district has before it a future jf u-gnitit-er,t promise. Kodaks and films) A.E.Voorhies, Esso-y on Salmon. A curious sight ia to be seen nowadajs on the Elk and Yaouina rivers, two or three miles above Elk City. It is the salmon spawning time aud on miles aud gravel bars referred to lha spawn ing ceremony is daily in vogue. The sight is familiar to residence of the vicinity, but it fills the visitor with interest. The eggs of the female ckinook are de posited id gravel bars, The fish ascend the ritllss iu pairs, their dorsal fius and sometimes portions of their backs out of the water. The ascent is attended with some dilbculty on account or the shallowness and striltness of the water, and the passage of the fish attracts attention from tlie shore. When a proper spot in the riiltes is reached the male, with his nose, digs a hole. The gravel is banked up below, and as much sand as possible ia left in the bottom of the hole. Then the eggs are deposited, and the male, alter fer tilizing theiu, covers them up with sand and gravol, again using his note for the purpose. Then the pair pass on up the stream to repeat the operation on other bars. Sometimes three or four pairs of big chiuooks are on the same bar at one time, and then the operation is highly in teresting to the spectator, to whom the salmon, intent on propagation of their Bpecits, pay no attention. The eggs lie in the boles until the fol lowing spring, wheu the warm rays of the sua batch them out. Tne process, alter t begins, tequires but a few days, during which tuno the minialuie salmon is a curious bit of life, half eggs, hall fish. In a short time he develops, and by and by drills ;down to the sea, to re turn after about three years to fresh water again, a royal chinook, ready to to spawn. ' President Jordan, of Stall lord University, the best of all authori ties on fish life, says that aflor reaching fresh water chinook snlinon take no food, and that after spawning they continue their journey up stream until bruised, blind and maimed, they are overtaken by death. He holds that they never re turn to their ocean home, as is some times supposed. However this may be, it is certain that thousands of thcin d e in the upper nuters of streams tributary to the Elk, Alsca and Yuiiuiua rivers. The full freshets lift the stieaniB above their normal stage and after the water recedes hundreds of big chiuooks are left to flounder suil stiuggle in holes. They soon die, where their decaying remains become unpleasantly known to the passer-by. The propensity of the salmon lo root like a hog is well known. There is a story that In the early dava ol the Clackamas hatchery they undermined adain,and the whole herd that had been penned up for the purpose of the hatchery escaped Curvallis Times, Oregon, My Oreyon. A citizen of this state, with a particle of gratitude in his nature, who fails to attend the thaimsgiving service next month, or have one of his own, ought to be sentenced to a term in soino South American congress. It would take crvstalized pessimist, with a IVad March to Saul whini", lo point out a sin gle failure in all the varied factors con tributing lo our great state's wealth. The w heat fields have outdone them selves, I he hop rrop Is a success, prunes, apples and other fruits aro bringing s good priuo for a bountiful supply. Our cattle, shuep and horses are greater, both in value and number, the mines have surpassed fondest expectation?. Our lumber mills are behind their orders, owners of remote and supposedly valu less timber lands find thai they are nut without a market. Our men-hunts have dune a greater und more profitable bus! m ss, manufacturers have been pa'ronix ed as never before, tow n and city loiv aie advancing, steady and nnpreceileu ted building persistently continue, the railroad ! cannot meet the demand for cars; the taltiioii have even taken the book of the trust Surely we have much for which to be thankful, not exi-epting that cbiefest of all blessings to the man ol the land of tho free and the home of the brave, to account fur it all precisely in accordance with his own political views, no mutter what they are. Re ii. ember that you are privileged to live in the grt alest stato in tlie L'uion, and be thankful. Pacific Miner. fictile with ck Coyote. James Lrias. who is living on K, C. Cook's place across the river, had a ftht wilh a coyote that nearly' en led in a tragedy. 1 lie auimal turned upeu Mr. Urias and fouuht desperately. Mr. Kiu finally killed the brute, but not until he was almost exhausted. I. atu iu the af'.ei nojn Mr. Unas went out to the barn to fed the stock. As he passed the chicki II coips he noiiceil a large coyote skulking about. He hurried back to the hon.-e and got a double-barreled shotgun. Re turning, be shot the animal, both char s "'" ' i.s oooy, out not latatiy '"i""" the cojote. The animal snap, J and snarled, an I, though be started olf it was very slowly and wilh most victim looks backward at Mr. Urias. The latter wanted to kill the annual, as he was con vinced it was making way with tome oi his chickens at least. He started alier the coyote. As tlie animal g it to thg corner of the barn It stopped, and, fa 'jng about, snarled and snapped nioit savagely at the oncoming farmer. Mr. Trias rushed up to the animal, clubbing it with the bolt end of hi, shotgun. Tlie I coyote repesdly tried lo bite Mr. Uria,, j but could not. It was in an awful ra-, its eyes bloodshot, loam streaming from lis mouth, and almost constantly it ; growled and gnashed its teeth. Th most weird battle, probably, ever f ugiit onldahisoil a atd hy the side o! lint barn for fully 10 minutes, when Mr, Unas succeeded in killing the animal. It is considered wholly strangi that the eoyote would fight so bat it was doubt I less rlue tu tin pain fr jui the shotgun wounds. Boiie Statesman. HYDR.AUL1CS AWAIT R.AIN. Josephine County Plevcers In Ree.dlness for Water. Many New Equipments. - The owners of the 150 hydraulic mines throughout Josephine County are "lying on their guns," ready to open fire with their powerful cannon-like giants, when eufhVitnt water pressure is alTorded the flumes by the winter rains. The hydraulic season usually opens in November, and it bids fair to be as prompt this year as ever before. In most all the hydiaulic mines of the county, the regular Summer's repairing work of mending flumes, ditches aud reservoirs, laying pipe ami adding giants, ia completed. This work has been mure extensive this year than ever befoie, so that the number of giants put to woik when water comes, will be most materi ally increased. Tho now hydraulic mine being de veloped in the lower Grave Creek district by Captain Nash, has its live-utile ditch completed to bring the water from Poor- man's Gulch to tho working grounds, and the several thousand feet of 2G and 30-inch piping ia nearly all In position This mine will operate several giants, and will be one of the leading placer properties of the Grave Creek district In Waldo district the new hydraulic mine iu course of development by F. II Osgood, of Seattle, is well nigh com pie ted. This mine is located in Allen Gulch near tho Illinois. In the opening of the mine it was necessary to dig a "50-foot tu unci through a hill of solid rock in order to gut the water-fliimo through to the working grounds. The grounds of this properly prospect very rich, aud it is expected to become a prominent placer-gold producer. The Simmons and Winter mines of this district have their repair work done and are ready for business. These two mines together own over 1000 acres of mining ground, which it may he truth billy said, contain gold from the grass roots to the bedrock. They have, miles ol ditches and flumes, good water press lire and operate six or morn giants, Uilh lay and liijiht from nine to eleven mouths In the year. The dirt ol these mines usually produces line gold, thougl nuggets of from $7 to $10 value are crin mon occurences. The annual output ol each of these mines is from $20,000 to $00, 000. A crew ol from 30 to 40 men have been kept at work at the Old Chann-il hy draulic mines at Gulice, during the en tire Slimmer, putting them in tip top shape for a big run this coming season Manager Harvey reports that there is yet considerable work to he done before the Winter's business begins, but that all will be ready on time. For nearly 2o years past, the Old Channel mines hav brought An annual revenue lo their own ers of from $20,000 to $25,000, but the new management, who became possess ed of the mines early hist Spring, hope to double the former outpti s of the mines from now on With this end in view, they have increased the capacity of ditches and flumes, strengthened the reservoirs, dug new ditches, added more grants and increased the plant and tipiipmeut of tlie mines throughout The work of building a Ruiile (iri..lv increasing ditches, and putting in pipe lor a new liiant, has been completed at the Forest Queen hjdraulic mine of the bouse Cieek district. The management claim that with their increased facilitie the output of gold from the Forest Queen this coming Winter will put all previous records in the shade. Thu blue an gray gravel of the working grounds this mine, is rich in ils production c uvrse c il.t. i I io mine Is under a new managemeii', having been recently pur chased hy Fastcm people. James lltilme, a mining engineer um: capitalist, of I.os Angeles, has just pur chased lha Tennessee Gnlrh placers on Upper Cow Creek ahoie the Victory hy diaulic mines. The consideration of the sale is not yet given to the public, but is known to be several thousand dollars Mr. ilullne is having considerable im proviMimnt work d one on his recently sc.piircd property, and hop"s to reulizo snug clea'i-illi next Spring, lie 1) we pleaed witli the general outlook ol t! Southern Oregon mines, and is looking up JoS'pbinii quartz properties with tl intention ol investing in them also. The Victory and other hydraulic piop erlies ol Upper Cow Cm a huvec' liil ted their Summer's work, and are rea to open up. l lm home of Mr. t amp the owner ol the Victory, together with other buildings belonin to the mine, were almost completely demolished by the explosion lhal recently occurred by the igniting of three cars of dyriamito on a passing freight train. Since that time the buildings h ive nearly all been re built, and thu otlur dauiatp'M d inn by the eiplosion, repaired. The Ruble and the Bennett ft Mitln toh, the two principal mines of Coyote creek, are ready to begin their regular Winter's huskies. These mines will operate the same number of giants as formerly. Tliete mines possess working grounds of gray gravel, i!0 feet in average .depth and very productive of coarse gold. Icnnis Stovall, iu Portland Tel grum. 1'hologrn.phic Paper. Amaieur bolograpl.eis can find i u my slock nearly every kind oi paper they may n quire and in fact every thing needlul for picture making. I have on band rearly all sites of Carbon and Scial Portrait Velox, Velox Postal Cards, Solio, Lithium, Aristo Su'f Toner, Dekko, W. 1). Platinum. Let me know your photographic wants. A. K, Vooiuiits Tlx But Prcscriptioa lor Malaria Chills and Fever is a bottle of Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic. It Is simply Irou and Quinine in a tasteless form. No cure, no pay. Price oc. iClFlC COAST XEWS. ITEMS OF INTEREST PICKED FROM THE WEEK'S DISPATCHES. Murder and Rutrltle In 8nu FrancUco. Illmutlrk Sentence,! OUve-(lrowers In California Will OrganlM So Uuuouto rtiigue In Sail Yranelavo. Tho new Raymond hotel at Pusndcua, tub, will be opened Jnu. t. Peter M. Van Aken, proprietor of a grocery store oil Wesley avenno, Los Angeles, w as instantly killod by coming into contact with a livo eleotrlo wire in bis stable. William MoBrldc, for many yours head of the Washington press bureau of the Cincinnati Enquirer, has purchased Iho Salt Lake Tribnuo. The physicians and pharmacists of Los Augeles have organized an assocla tlon to protect the public from adulter, nted drugs and rnedlclues. Tho object the association is to establish a bu reau of materia mcdlca consisting of physioinns, pharmacists and chemists specially interested in the Investigation and stamlnrdiaatlou of medicines aud ohcmienls. Tho spocial health oommtsslonnrs ap pointed by tho governor of California to oonfor with the federal authorities in Washing-ton rospcoting tho alleged ex istence of bubouio plaguo iu California hnvo nnido their report, in which it is stated that " San Fruucisoo is and has been absolutely free from the dlscaso, and that thoso who said it oxisted wore eithor mistaken or deliberately misrep resented the facts." Within n yonr the residents of Shasta county, Cul., mny seo the establishing of ono of tho largest lumbering- enter prises on tho Pacillo const. Attondaut unou it will bo tho constructing of a railroad lino connecting the oouuty seat with tho extrcmo uorthwostoru seotiou of tho county, with tho possiblo extou. siou of tho road into a trauscoutiueutal lino. At tfnllnrd, Wash., officers opened fire on five highwaymen, as they wore escap ing, from N. Theisseu's saloon with $)0 in cash and two gold watches. Uullets flew In nil directions, but tho only evi dence that any una was hit oamo from the fact that one hiuhwnyinnii was helped along hy his companions in flight. Throe blocks from tho snloou tlie ties- poradocs mnt M. J. Davis, local agent for tho Great Northern, whom they beat into insensibility and robbed of $100 ill gold aud a gold watch, Tho lumber schooner L Oirondo, Captain Grimm, on her way uorth from Redoudo, struck in a fog on the Isluua of San Clemento and wont to pieces. Tho crow of eight escaped iu tho life boat and reached Sim l'cdiio tu an ex. hansteil condition. Tho schooner was owned by Cliirenco A. Thayer, secretary of tlie . K. Wood Lumber company of Hau Franoisco, and was built at Port Ludlow, Wash., iu 1875. At Seattle, Captain Charles W. Alms and all other oillccl'S of thu steamship Charles D. Ijhio were exonerated by thu local board of United Suites Iiihikic tors for tho loss of that vessel by ship wreck on tho rocks of Niinivali island, Bnliring sen, July 13 hist. An incorrect chart is given by tho board as the real cause of tlie wreck. Judge Du 1 Iu von refused to grant Waltur N. Oimiiiick a now trial, de li led u motion for arrest of Judgment, and sentenced tho ex-chicf clerk of thu mint at San Francisco to imprisonment at hard lubor for two years In Sau Queu tin. This wus for his conviction on the chorgo of having proseuted to Cashier Coin a fictitious vouchor for lilt). 37, and fur having applied tho money to a purpose not contemplated or allowed hy law. Thu remaining minor eiubcz.lu- nieut charges will come op for trial on Nov. 7. Mora than two-thirds: of tho ollvo growers of California woro represented lit u meeting ill Los Augolvs to discuss ways and means of obtaining hotter prices for their product. H is proposed to orgnulA) ull the olive-grower of the stato, and tho following committee on permanent organization was named: U. A. Washburn, Los AugclcH, chair man; It. F. Hillings, Corona; II. R. Mcsurvu, Los Aiigulcs; A. H. Sprugue, Sin Fiunciaco. und 11. Kiuidivuut, Iis Angeles. Ivl Nolan, who served u tunu of 2(1 years In San Qncntiii, was rapt unal near It.iilnrd, Wash., and is now held 111 jail at Seultlu subject to charges of piracy and burirlnrv. His companion was "Shorty" Wilcox, unotor ions Sau l'Vun Cisco wab r-liont lliief. Wilcox iniido a daring oscupu hy plunging into u sort of niaish. In n blind garrut, where Nolan and Wilcox lived, with found the ac cumulations of several burglaries which liavo hitherto bullied the Seattle policu. Nolan is chin god with piracy on I'ligct aound. l'.ritish purchasing; agents aro buying largo numbers of horses in whitman, Wulla waiia ami other stock-raising counties of e.i-tei n Washington. Thou lauds of horsei, have lier-n otfernd by larincr in western iauadx, but uicmi aru found loo llglit. Tim purchasing agents aro paying ''') to ,Vi each lor good hor.es, ,:rt IlKaillst I-ibO 1ST hi which thu 1 nnli army has to pay at Cape Town. It is sani Ih it oo.oo!) inoru horw a wul b : I-, ii.nre. I. H. L. Puis, iilniH "lied" puis, was UTeMcd In u riaucisct, hy sei ret ser- v.cc ng -ills. Pills was one of thu gang of wh; !i 1'i .nli Perry, iinly H.ig.ui an K V. S. nllh vro said lo bo thu leader-,, .inO which iii.iiio tt t.p' ciinty oi p.iss.ug !liu not, a ot a delimit bulk of N CltllMWI'k, - J. Ihll pl.ite.l MI-IU Hot b stiovod Wle.il t.lu bank went out o n..i-ii;o, und over $.o,0) v.otti o notes wero iriuti d beforo 111 i 1 1 II it Via) iliwover-U. All llm member o the uai It ham bci.-n indicted by the United Stat. 1 grand jury, and moat ol them arrested. An eluctrio railway le-tweun !) An rcles and Santa Ana will shortly bo ander w ay. Two fine tlmronirhlir. d hoi , vV.ned ,i ft i. Rial, the on is rtv of K. J. Paid w in. wurc killed by b.-lug struck hy iiniihern Pacltic tram on tho Suit ifouica lii:". near Ivai Angel' A thin ti irso was so badly injured that It will bo almost worthier. A ('bin. an iiiiiiiud Tsoy Sin. employ f..U at tlin homo of !r. Gcorgo H Palmer, at thu conn r of Jawksou am t'.eiuer stroeU, Sau Francisco, was a Thomas Where Everything Wo will not handle Second-hand goods; don't allow them iu tho store. SPECIAL RUQ SALE The most of these Rttgs are fjxOo inches; some are larger, but they must go to make room for our immense line of Holiday goods: Ilcinp Rugs, Regular 85c. Sale price 60c. " " " 70c. " " 50c. Brussels " $1.75 " " f 1.25 Velvet " " 3.50 " " 1.50 Moquet " . " 2.50 . " " I.50, Brussels " . " , 1,50 ' " " . " 1.00 t-75 " " i-s.S Axminister Rugs " 2.75 " " 1.75 . NEW Linoleums, Iron Beds, Me.tressrs, Rockers This Week. Holiday Goods Now Arriving. Furniture Carpets Mailings baceCurliuns tacked by a b atclietnian who hud con cealed hliusiilf in the house, and his head so horribly chopped that dentil may n.snlt. Tho police bcliuve tho deed to bo nil nltuuuath of the rocuut Chinatown war. Miss Mary Knudsoii of Moscow, Ida., lays Unit she niiuyud hersolt iu brldul robes and wailed iu vuiu for tho Kov. John W. SiHinocr to 001110 ami marry her. Hurpiirunts hud prepared a wed ding supper. Hiss Knudsou, for al leged injury to feelings, has filed a suit fori l(),Uu0 for breach of promiso, and tho sum of 10i) Is usltoil for tho bridnl costniuo and tho supiier. Miss Knud son is tho daughter of a' woll-kuowu furmor, and Spencer is au itluurtuit preacher and thu sou of a wealthy fanner. Alexander Manning returned to his homo iu Sau Rafael, Cal., shattered iu uiiiid and health ns tho result of a trip to Alaska iu searoh of gold. About throe years ago Manning went to N01110, aud while llioro ho and fuur friends struck out for tho Interior iu quest of rich diggings. Hardships oil tho trip killed threo of tho party, but Manning and 11110 other man wuro rescued, ltoth bad lost thuir reason, although Manning suiUolently rucnorud to bo sent homo. Manning, howevur, docs not rumomlRjr San Rafael nor his wife or family. His mind seems to bo a blank as tu tho past. It Is thought probnblu that ho will re cover ill a short tiiuu. ' Edna Wallace Hopper, tho actress, U now a wealthy woman through the atli of bur mother, Mrs. Joscphino Diinsinuir, thu iippritisemuiit of whoso csluto wus II led ut Oakland, Gal. Tlie piiralHers fixed tho vuluo of tho prop- erty lit $2lill,fi2l Kl, to ull of which, with tho exception of j.'iil.ObO 111 trust for bur brother, Miss Hopper ia the heir. Tho proisitv und franchises of thu Northwest railroad, iu order to satisfy hums mid judgments, wi re sold tu linker City, Or., by Wallace MoOam- ant, master in chancery lur tne uniteu Suites circuit court for tho district of Oregon. Tho sum paid was $3",0u0. Thuro was only ouu bid, that of Louis Uoseii,Veig of Erie, Pa. KnsciixwutK acted for Cluirhis M. Rued, who is a largo creditor of the Northwest Railroad company. Miilsd Fiiiiilflin Mayer, 13 years old, wus shot and killed while ustcop In Ik-iI nt lur home, fo8'j Jcaslo street, Sun Francisco, by John Stano, n nativo Turkey, btuuo then put tho pistol to his head mid killed himself. Ho ,v,tM ,1 i'i iriwl 11I1L visitor ut thu honso of Mrs, Mayer, and had become infatuated Willi the girl, w ho gave him iioeucuur- uireiiient. Joseph J. Mayer, luliier 01 thu deud girl, has been mining 111 Alas, ku, nud is now cu bis way homo. San I'Vanciseo mining men, Including Joseph K. Keiidnll, Georgu O. Walker and J. Seo it LVkcr, liavo purchased Hi milling claims localud oil Red Mouii tuin, iu Snohomish county, Wush. The prion paid was f llXMMl. Red Mountain Is 1,i's) feet high, with veins of quarts iirrying gold, hilver und cop(R-r rhu. uiug from one side to lha other. The ill chasers hnvo liicorsirute l tho Keii- hill Red Moiiiilniii Mining and Devel opment coinpuiiy'to work tliu mines unci also to generate oiecinc power lor min ing and sawmill purposes. Ilighhiiidi rs cxplislud giant iwwdcr under tliu window of thu storu ot Wong You at P 21 Ulipolit street, Sau Francisco, which did considerable ilaiu- oiro to thu intorlor of tho storu. Scvur.il tii 1 in so Iu thu stieet at tliu tl mo were kiiMked down by thu concussion. It is stilted that thu British govern ment i uboiit to mount somu lug guns Southern Oregon Matresses - M glW "T C I f BlUy V Pillows dL hi B i.ineuhuiiM yjfy HIP SIXTH STREET ASHLAND, OREGON. Strong A cad em l.o Professional the highest course. training of excellence. Well equipped labora tories, rirst class train ing department. De mand lor trained teach ers exceeds the supply. Graduates easily secme good positions. II e s 11 1 1 1 11 1 location . Most delightful cliniato on the coast. . Fxpcnies $120 to $1W) per year. Write for catalogue. W. M. THE .HOUSE FURNISHER. you buy is New. WairPapVr t'rockery Ulasaware faamps Tinware Granitewara Woodenwart Tools Mirrors in the forts ot Signal hill, Esqulinolt, which means that the llttlo villngo at tho nuvul statiou will have to be evacu ated by civlliiins, ns the cououssion from tho guns would make the towu uninhabitable. Wheu equipped this will bo the most formidable fort on the Pacillo, being cat out of, a solid moun tain of granite, aud tho Largest guns Will be mounted thero. John Alwin, master of tlie steamship. Garonne, has had his lloeuse snspeudod for 1)0 days, and Duncuu Croo, her ohlef engineer, has had his papers rovokod, for bringing tho vessel, which sailed ou ' Sept. 20 for Nome, back to Seattlo, ou tliu grouud that It was unsafe, owiug to "leaky boilers and poor coul," to pro ceed oil tho voyugo. Tho ship was well ou her passago to her dustluution. Judgo Ellsworth, at Oakland, Cal., decided that the much-disputed Reno (Nov.) iiiiirrUaCgcs are valid in Califor nia. Iu his railing Judge Ellsworth agrees with Judgo Hubbard of Sau Francisco, but disagrees with Judges Troutt, Boawoll and Holchor, who have hold that marriages ooutraatod at Ileno by persons who havo been divorced within a year aro not valid. Judge Ellsworth said that fur a final rullug tho mailer will have to bo tukuu to the supremo court. Willio Fuller, a m-year-old boy, whose homo is in Ontario, Cul., was arrested at Redluuds and brought to the oouuty jail nt San Uernardiiio with ohargos of burirlary ugnlnst him. Fuller bad broken into Wells, Fargo & Ca's office, the Santa Fo freight otllces aud six resi liences for the purpose of robbery. Re cently ho wus arrested for stealing horeo and carriage, nud ho would have beuu committed to tho reform school, . but Ralph Swing, a looal attorney, ob tained consent of the oourt to take tho boy into his home. Ho has twice tobbed his benefactor. A Fiendish Attack. An attack was lately made oil C. F Coliinr ol Cherokee, Iowa, that nearly proved latal. It came through his kid neys. His back gut so lame he could not stoop without great pain, nor sit In a chair except propped by cushions. No remedy helped hint until he tried Elec tric Hitters which ellectud such a won derful change that bu writes be feels like a new man. This marvelous medicine cures backache and kidney trouble, purifies llm blood and builds up your health. Only 60c at Dr. Kremers, A Gree.1 Railway. The Chicago, Milwaukee A St, Paul Railway Co. ownea and oiierates 0,000 miles of thoroughly fqulpiKMi railway. It op-trutcs its own Sleeping Cars and Dining Cars, and the service is first-class In every respect. It traverses the best portion of tba states ol Illinois, Wisconsin, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan', Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota, South anil North Dakota. It runs electric lighted, steam-heated trains. It has tho absolute block system. It uses all modern appliances for the comfort and safety of ils patrons. Its train employes aro civil aud oblig ing. It tries to give each passenger "value received" for his money, and It asks every man, woman and child to buy tickets over the Chicago, Mil waukee A St. Paul Raiway (or ills A Great Railway. Time tables, maps and information furnishid on application to C. J. Eddy, General Aoi.t, 1111 Third St., Portland, Ore. Stale Normal School. GON c CLAYTON. Pres.